[loco-contacts] [Ubuntu-mu] Mention of Ubuntu at National Computer Board workshop

[Nayar Joolfoo]

What kind of support a primary school lab might require? For offices makes
sense.

Lugm and Ubuntu Mauritius could help in that. I don't know. This gotta
start somewhere. Else Linux will just be kept mentioning and Microsoft
licenses would get bought.

Regards
On 20 May 2015 10:20, "Ish Sookun" <ish at hacklog.in> wrote:

> Hello Nayar,
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 10:29 PM, Nayar Joolfoo <nayar at joolfoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Do you guys think the new Technology minister would pay heed to install
>> Ubuntu with Libreoffice in primary schools? Atleast for new schools?
>>
>>
> ​The Minister would want to see stable projects with good support. In the
> past, the Ministry of Education opted only for proprietary software due to
> support that is easily available from local companies. How many local
> companies support FOSS? Nada. There is not even one local company that
> offers enterprise-class support for FOSS applications on the desktop. The
> Ministry would want this.
>
> Another way would be for the local community to show the growth & demand
> for FOSS. If the software needs can be auto-supported by the local
> community, then yes, maybe that would push the Minister to consider Ubuntu
> & LibreOffice for primary schools.
>
> The Ministry of Technology, Communication & Innovation​ cited its
> intention to adopt FOSS based on the worldwide trend. There is no strong
> policy yet neither any commitment.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> ​Ish Sookun
>
> - Geek by birth, Linux by choice.
> - I blog at HACKLOG.in.
>
> https://twitter.com/IshSookun ^^ Do you tweet?
>
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